Problems with the Color Page

Hi,

I am a few months in to my switch from Premiere to Resolve and I've been having a few issues that may or may not be interrelated. They are pretty critical since one affects my ability to edit aerial footage and the other slows my bulk-edit workflow to a crawl.

Problem 1: Cinema DNG footage grading is destroyed upon reopening a Project

When testing out footage (cDNG 4k) from a Zenmuse X7 on an Inspire 2 Drone, I created a simple grade with a power-window to bring out detail in the sky. After adding a noise reduction filter, Resolve started to lag and I relaunched the program. Upon reopening the project, I found that the grade on the footage was completely different.

The only thing that works? Saving a still of the grade that I know is good (based on previous results), opening an entirely new project, loading the clip, and applying the still to the clip to get the original grade.

I've tried unlinking and relinking footage and removing the clip from the timeline and restarting. The issue seems to occur only after re-opening a graded project in cDNG. Once a project has been reopened, no cDNG footage will grade properly.

Before Relaunch

Inspire 2 Before.png (780.82 KiB) Viewed 236 times

After Relaunch

Inspire 2 After.png (863.21 KiB) Viewed 236 times

Problem 2: Stills saved from grades (into powergrade folder) will not apply properly to footage shot with the same Camera and same settings. This is a huge issue for me, since I edit quite a bit of educational content. When I create a grade for one camera setup, I need to be able to re-use that in future projects. The Camera setup and settings remain identical, since the content is shot on a stage.

Here is an example of what happens when I grade a clip, save the grade as a still, open the same clip in a new project, then apply the same grade. Somehow, it is drastically different. What am I missing here?

Same grade applied as a still on the same clip

Powergrade After.png (655.49 KiB) Viewed 236 times

I suspect the two problems are somehow related, but I'm not sure where to begin, other than a complete reinstall, which I'd prefer to avoid.

For reference, my system specs are:

Windows 10 Pro 64

Threadripper 2950x

64GB DDR4

OS on NVME SSD, Resolve on separate NVME SSD, Footage on Thunderbolt USB SSD

Nvidia 2080Ti FE

Davinci Resolve 17 Studio (17.1.1 Build 9)

Thanks for any help!

Problem 1. It would be easier to see the differences with a larger screen shot and with the playhead parked on the same frame in both. At the moment, nothing comes to mind.

Problem 2. This could be caused by using different settings in each project.